Old Gods of Appalachia: Episode 73: The Blood of Wolves
January 2, 2025 12:50 PM - Subscribe
Old enemies rise as older friends try to make peace.
The followers of the Good Mother (Season 2 a la Dead Queen!) examine their circumstances following the continual failure to bring about her return and eyeball a familiar (Cowboy!) face as a plausible alternative. Meanwhile, Archie and Cowboy talk out their grievances and why Cowboy disappeared for so long.
Incidentally, the great late Marcie Walker made it to '84, while her sister, Ellie, is still alive in '89, for those curious about the wonderful Walker Women of Baker's Gap.
The followers of the Good Mother (Season 2 a la Dead Queen!) examine their circumstances following the continual failure to bring about her return and eyeball a familiar (Cowboy!) face as a plausible alternative. Meanwhile, Archie and Cowboy talk out their grievances and why Cowboy disappeared for so long.
Incidentally, the great late Marcie Walker made it to '84, while her sister, Ellie, is still alive in '89, for those curious about the wonderful Walker Women of Baker's Gap.
So far 1989 isn't written much different from 1930 in Baker's Gap - I wonder if there will be more distinct 1980s flavor later on. Well, except for the preacher's fashionable mullet!
posted by zeptoweasel at 6:21 PM on January 3 [1 favorite]
posted by zeptoweasel at 6:21 PM on January 3 [1 favorite]
That mullet came out of the stereo speakers and slapped me upside the head. I expect the nods to the 80s will be somewhat subtle, kind of like Door Under the Floor and the one about the evil pumpkins. We did get a reference to "Wheel of Fortune" but I'm guessing, as we go forward, that we have characters who are mostly at the end of their lives. Either there will be some baton passing or an end of things. I expect we can kind of compare the Good Mother Ministry's sacrifice of people, including specifically the "lambs" can be seen as a realized form of the Satanic Panic.
One thing that's nagging me, is figuring out where things are in terms of Daughter Dooley's 7 year cycle. I need to go to "School Spirit" and see what year that is, because she was getting ready to go spend her year in the soil with the bad baby. Here, they're invoking the Dead Queen, which involved the evil baby taking over Dooley and going on a rampage, basically.
posted by Atreides at 1:36 PM on January 4
One thing that's nagging me, is figuring out where things are in terms of Daughter Dooley's 7 year cycle. I need to go to "School Spirit" and see what year that is, because she was getting ready to go spend her year in the soil with the bad baby. Here, they're invoking the Dead Queen, which involved the evil baby taking over Dooley and going on a rampage, basically.
posted by Atreides at 1:36 PM on January 4
After I finish the latest, I'll have the post up tomorrow or so!
posted by Atreides at 1:00 PM on January 16
posted by Atreides at 1:00 PM on January 16
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